Ridiculously Easy Flower Pot Cupcakes:
Perfect for Easter, Mother’s Day, Bridal Showers, Baby Showers
Are you looking for a super easy dessert recipe to impress at your next get together?
These cute flower pot cupcakes are sure to deliver, and they are just the taste of spring we all need right about now. You don’t have to be a professional baker to pull off these fab cupcakes, and they’re bound to impress the in laws.
This recipe is perfect for Easter, Mother’s Day, bridal showers, and more! The possibilities are truly endless with these cute spring flower pot cupcakes. Did I mention that they’re vegan, too?! The cupcakes themselves are 100% vegan, though the frosting can be made vegan, or not. Now you have no reason not to take these to your next potluck. Just make sure you make enough for everybody, because they are definitely going to want to try these.
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Easy Flower Pot Cupcakes
These easy flower pot cupcakes are perfect for Easter, Mother's Day, and all things spring. As an added bonus, they are also vegan!
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes:
- 1.5 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 6 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup water room temperature
- 1 Tbsp white vinegar
For the Frosting:
- 1 cup unsalted (vegan) butter room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- gel food color pink, purple, green, and yellow
Instructions
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Whisk together flour, sugar, salt, cocoa powder, and baking powder until well combined.
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Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add vegetable oil, vanilla, water, and vinegar. Mix gently and then fold in the dry ingredients until just combined.
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Fill silicone flower pot cupcake molds 2/3 full and bake at 350 degrees for 22-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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While the cupcakes are cooling make the frosting by beating the butter until pale and fluffy. Add in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until it reaches a piping consistency. Mix in the vanilla.
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Add half the frosting to a bowl; add green food coloring and mix until well combined.
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Add a quarter of the frosting into a 2nd bowl and color it pink, mixing well.
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Color 2 Tbs of the frosting yellow, mixing until well combined.
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Color the remaining frosting purple.
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Use a Wilton 225 OR 233 piping tip to pipe the grass on your cupcake using an up and down motion. You can also use a small grass tip
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Use a Wilton 106 tip to make the roses and a Wilton 129 tip to make the other flowers. Use the yellow frosting to make dots in the middle of the purple flowers.
I would love to see how your flower pot cupcakes turn out!
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